Chelsea Clinton, the former first teen who has matured into a battle-tested campaign surrogate, on Thursday said she plans to eschew rhetoric and speak instead from a deeply personal place when introducing her mother, Hillary Clinton, at the Democratic National Convention.

“As proud as I am of my mom, this election to me is fundamentally about my children, Charlotte and Aidan,” the mother of two told NBC's "Today" show host Matt Lauer. “And I couldn’t imagine a better president for them.”

“What we heard last week in Cleveland, that’s not the person that I know,” she said, adding, “I just hope that people understand even a little more when I’m done than when I started about why I love her so much and why I admire her so much.”